Description
To close out our season, Mike is on the hot seat and answers questions from two of YPT's regular contributors, Nick Hartman and Joseph Bradley. The conversation included the following questions:
What do you look back at as your biggest failure in student ministry, and what's something you're really proud of?
How have you navigated relationships with other youth workers who aren't theologically-minded and don't share that value for student ministry?
How have you advocated for theologically-deep youth ministry in the churches where you've served?
How would you encouraged younger youth workers to pursue longevity in youth ministry?
If you're trying to recruit someone to serve in vocational youth ministry, what's your pitch?
Joseph Bradley is the student pastor at Second Baptist Church of Arkadelphia in Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Nick Hartman is the associate pastor of students and discipleship at Mt Carmel Baptist Church in Cross Plains, TN
Nick & Joseph's two recommended YPT resources:
Robin Barfield, The Posture of the Youth Pastor
Episode 28: Discipleship as Catechesis (Dustin Messer)
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